We have all seen these flying marvels either in the air or on the news? Drones have became the new big thing to own nowadays. Plus they have grabbed a lot of media attention for the way in which some businesses and civilians are using them. With […]
The first time I came across this issue was when a guy called me because, after re-installing WinXP on his computer, he kept receiving the following error message when trying to get online: the security certificate has expired or is not yet valid. Tried updating
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I was asked the other day if I thought Facebook or Pinterest or any of the other Social Media venues would be around 10 years from now. Funny, I do not own a crystal ball, like how would I know? I do have a Ouija
“Telemetry is an automated communications process by which measurements are made and other data collected at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for monitoring” ~ Wikipedia A lot has been written about privacy issues in Windows 10, which, to some extent, have
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I had to recently uninstall the Ask toolbar from a Chrome browser but I didn’t have the option to uninstall it or even to disable it. Way to go Google! When I tried to uninstall or disable it I would get the message This extension
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Here’s another Halloween giveaway, this time from Digiarty, and with a twist. WinX DVD Copy Pro (v3.6.5) is currently available to everyone for free… offer expires 6th November. WinX DVD Copy Pro – The Software Full DVD Copy with 1:1 Ratio: Clone DVD to DVD
WonderFox is currently running a special Halloween giveaway which includes WonderFox DVD Video Converter and WonderFox Video Watermark. WonderFox DVD Video Converter Backup and Convert DVD Content – Including DVDs with the Latest Encrypted Technology Convert DVD and Video – 200+ Video Formats and Portable
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Rampant processes can be a bane for computer users, often chewing up resources which would be better served elsewhere. Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t offer too many options for dealing with these issues natively and that’s where system optimization tools such as Process Lasso come into their
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Seems a number of users are experiencing this particular error, The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000018), after upgrading to Windows 10. I recently worked on one such computer for one of my clients. This issue doesn’t appear to affect one application in particular
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When you first start up your computer you go to the logon screen where you put in your password to start up Windows. If you’re tired of seeing the same old background image at that point, it’s possible to change that using a program called
If you are a user of the numbered list feature in Word, you may have noticed that the numbers at the beginning of each item cannot be selected. And, as you add or delete items from your list, the other items are automatically renumbered. Normally
As I said in my article “Where In The World Is Tech Man?” I have been doing a little research on going to Mars. Now what I’m ask in this article is “Should we?” and “Are we ready to take this leap?” With technology and
The latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build (10565) has seen the introduction of “ads” displaying in the Start Menu. Most reports are suggesting that this feature will almost certainly be included in the cumulative update due to be rolled out to all Windows 10 users
Okay, so you need help with your electronic device… you would rather have your toe nails ripped off, or a root canal with no anesthesia. For some folks, talking to tech support is just as bad of an experience. Either you get someone you can’t
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